For Reading Leads, SENDCos & Senior Leaders in inclusive schools committed to high standards in reading for every child.

Phonics is secure, but progress in reading is stuck on amber.

You already know that speed and accuracy were never the whole story. This fluency tracker offers a sharper lens - a way to tell apart three things that can look alike from the outside:

  • reading that sounds fluent, but doesn't yet carry meaning,

  • reading that is effortful at the word level,

  • reading in which decoding and understanding move together, with ease.

Beneath fluency lies rhythm: the timing and flow that allow meaning to land.

This tracker is a way to notice, week by week,

whether the child is building sensitivity to rhythm.

In just 5 minutes per pupil, the tracker helps you notice 7 signs that the child's reading is gaining strength and connecting with language comprehension.

  • intonation and shape

  • flow and phrasing

  • real-time understanding

  • attention stability

  • expression and enjoyment

  • articulation clarity

  • response to unfamiliar words

This is not an assessment of speed. It's a structured way to hear whether a child's decoding and understanding are moving together, in the moment, as they read.

Included: an optional 30 minute professional training, explaining how to interpret the patterns you see and use them to inform targeted intervention.

If you lead reading in your school, or support pupils whose fluency feels fragile, despite good phonics, this was built for you.

Get the free Fluency Tracker! There's also an optional live session.

Join the next Fluency LIVE!

Thursday 6.00 PM (Europe / London)

This session is designed for:

  • Reading Leads

  • Literacy Coordinators

  • SENDCos

  • Senior leaders responsible for early reading

In this session we'll use the tracker:

  • Notice 7 levels of fluency

  • Discern between accuracy and fluency

  • Discuss possible next steps.

Designed to sit alongside what you already do — five minutes per pupil, no specialist training required to start.

Enter your email and the tracker arrives in your inbox straight away, with a link to access your optional live training alongside it.

Free. No cost, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

"I love it! The kids love it!"

Year 3 Teacher, Lower KS2 Literacy Lead, London

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Created by Marion Long, founder of Rhythm for Reading and developer of rhythm-based CPD for teachers of lower-attaining readers. Rhythm for Reading is built on on 14 years of delivery, published research in peer-reviewed academic journals, and a PhD at UCL Institute of Education.

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